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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 04:45 PM
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Lisa Jackson to be named EPA Administrator
Edited on Thu Dec-04-08 04:45 PM by BrentTaylor
From my inside sources it appears that President-elect Barack Obama will name Lisa Jackson as the new EPA Adminstrator.

Jackson is former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Her primary experiece/interests are air issues.

The forthcoming naming of Lisa Jackson comes as a bit of a surprise, since her name had not been one of those being floated in the press. Other possible candidates included Robert Kennedy Jr. and Kathleen McGinty.

Politico is also now reporting that Jackson will be named. They report that she "previously authored the global warming law for New Jersey and was heavily involved in Super Fund administration for the tri-state region of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut."

In fact, Jackson has been a member of Obama's energy and natural resources transition team.

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977526100

Politico also has it

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1208/jackson_to_epa_06f3bc81-1523-41b0-be1c-5aa61d338098.html

Is she Progressive enough for you?
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 04:47 PM
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1. Not progressive enough. I was hoping for Lisa Simpson, not Lisa Jackson.
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gingersnaps1 Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 04:53 PM
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4. LOL
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 04:51 PM
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2. F*** OBAMA -- IT'S NOT KUCINICH, AGAIN!!!!!!!
:crazy::crazy::crazy:
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 04:53 PM
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3. It's Lisa....Ms. Jackson if you're nasty.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 04:55 PM
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5. Oh goody. Can't wait to see what dreadful things folks will say about
her now. Honestly, I don't know what else they can come up with anyway.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 05:21 PM
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7. Oh no! She's Black and she's a woman!
Edited on Thu Dec-04-08 05:23 PM by FrenchieCat
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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 05:24 PM
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10. Is she really?
OMFG!!!!111!!
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 05:30 PM
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11. She's black? I guess I'm color-blind. I don't see it in the pic.....
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 05:38 PM
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12. She's Black like me.....
Edited on Thu Dec-04-08 05:45 PM by FrenchieCat
With some of us, it ain't that evident.

We come in a myriad of shades, and some of us are bi-racial as well.

But yeah...she Black. :)

Here's more photos....




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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 12:56 PM
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14. I can see it a little more in those. Maybe some Native American, too??
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 06:41 PM
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13. Lord save us!!! That looks like a very conservative suit!!!! OMG.
She must be a hawk!!!! OMG. She must want to polute the entire country!!! OMG, she must want to polute the air so we have an excuse to attack... somebody.

:hi:
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 05:12 PM
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6. Link to an article from Princton Alum mag
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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 05:23 PM
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8. Wow she sounds great.
:thumbsup:
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-08 05:24 PM
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9. Impressive
"After receiving a scholarship from Shell Oil Co. to attend Tulane University, Jackson initially saw herself working for the petrochemical industry. But at college and at Princeton, where she earned a master’s in chemical engineering and was influenced by professors like Ernest Johnson, who was working on groundwater cleanup, she developed an interest in using her engineering skills to address and prevent pollution. She worked for the EPA from 1987 until moving to New Jersey’s department in 2002. She was sworn in as commissioner in February 2006."
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